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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 01:57 PM Original message |
Fed offers $100 billion more to banks |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. OMG! |
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WillyToad (389 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 11:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
66. Just print more! |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 10:53 AM Response to Reply #66 |
80. Hi, Willy Toad! |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. *faint* |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
3. From BBC |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 02:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Acme Wheelbarrow Co. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. My new wallet... |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 07:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
35. To Quote Chief Brody.... |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 02:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. VISA signs deal with Acme |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
4. How much of that will be used by Big Finance to lobby *against* new banking regulation??? |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
6. You might want to buy stock in companies that manufacture wheelbarrows . . . |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
7. don't look at it as a giveaway- they'll be putting up collateral... |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 02:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. The Stock Market is keeping a float on this shit |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 05:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. done and it's moving up, thankgoodenss |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
9. I think this is illegal also |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 07:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
30. The Fed Money is being siphoned off and off loaded somewhere else.. |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #30 |
40. like i've said before |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 09:09 PM Response to Reply #40 |
51. yep! |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 11:38 PM Response to Reply #51 |
62. Yep, what? |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 04:30 AM Response to Reply #62 |
74. Yep...not talking to you.. |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 11:32 PM Response to Reply #30 |
61. You realize that 'BILL IN THE BLUE DRESS' helped make this happen? |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #30 |
90. BushCheney is there ready to offload at the end of their WH tenure. |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 11:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
63. Folks you need to read my thread on why it is illegal. n/t |
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Time for change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 07:22 AM Response to Reply #9 |
77. Wow, that's quite a synopsis of some of the main problems with the system! |
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Deny and Shred (453 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
12. Planned through September - Where does it end? |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 02:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. when the dollar is worthless. nt |
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chromotone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
14. Artist's rendition of one of the recipients: "Just one of the people" |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 07:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. Perfect! |
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shaniqua6392 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
15. Bushco is killing America. |
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cliss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
16. The system is broken. |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
17. This, from Thomas Jefferson, says it all... |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 07:21 PM Response to Reply #17 |
32. Precisely right. We will be shuttled off to the land of the Haves and Have Nots! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 12:42 AM Response to Reply #32 |
70. Deleted message |
1776Forever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 07:54 PM Response to Reply #17 |
41. Right on - And the billionaires will all move to Dubai and China will move in......... |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
18. This is totally sickening. It has not been that many years since we bailed out |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 07:23 PM Response to Reply #18 |
33. The Neocon's PNAC Plan is moving along as planned.. |
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CatholicEdHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
19. Done on a Friday News Dump too |
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FlyingSquirrel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
20. BANKS REFUSE! |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
21. On top of the situation with non-borrowed reserves, this move reeks of desperation |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 07:24 PM Response to Reply #21 |
34. Not desperation...calculation.. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
23. $100 billion here, $100 billion there.. pretty soon it adds up to REAL MONEY |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 12:13 PM Response to Reply #23 |
83. BushCo tell its donors, whoa, you're asking for too much? I don't think so. |
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TroubleMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
24. This is ridiculous. |
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Fiendish Thingy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
25. Seems like this is a way to bailout the banks and bypass congress... |
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bluesbassman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 07:47 PM Response to Reply #25 |
39. US credit rating is dropping. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 11:56 PM Response to Reply #25 |
68. The Fed's actions mostly have nothing to do with taxpayer money. |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
26. can someone explain to me |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 07:36 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. The Plan all along has been to break the Middle Class.. |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 08:06 PM Response to Reply #36 |
44. the only problem with this scenario... |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 08:53 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. paragrah one conflicts with paragraph five.. |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 09:50 PM Response to Reply #48 |
57. You wanna unpack that bitchiness a little bit? |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 04:41 AM Response to Reply #57 |
76. If Rachel Maddow needs a sub, I'll suggest you.. |
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jordi_fanclub (388 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 08:07 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. So... I presume Alan Greenspan had nothing to do with this, right? |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 09:01 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. To put it bluntly.. |
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jordi_fanclub (388 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 09:30 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. Ok, but then... |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 04:33 AM Response to Reply #54 |
75. Are you aware |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 11:49 PM Response to Reply #49 |
65. I'm sure the cigar |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 11:44 PM Response to Reply #36 |
64. Why did Bill Clinton help make this happen? |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
27. Corporate Welfare alive and well in america |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 12:49 AM Response to Reply #27 |
71. 100 billions for them 300 dollars for us n/t |
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HuffleClaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
29. madness |
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NM Independent (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
31. Yep - Privatize the profits and Socialize the risk |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 07:40 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. see post # 36 |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 07:57 PM Response to Reply #31 |
42. $200-300 bln -- They've already thrown at least that much at the financial sector |
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Purveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
38. Thank you for posting this. K&R EOM |
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bronxiteforever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
43. Kick & R from the Wiemar republic |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
46. No more money for Chinese debt! |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 12:02 AM Response to Reply #46 |
69. The Fed is not borrowing from China. They are self-financing. |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
47. Wealthy fascists are taking our tax money and giving it to themselves and other wealthy fascists. |
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BadgerKid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 09:19 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. Cannot petition this Congress |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 09:21 PM Response to Reply #47 |
53. Qui Tam, anyone? (nt) |
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truth2power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 10:55 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. So, help me with this... |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 08:41 AM Response to Reply #58 |
78. That's essentially it. |
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truth2power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-30-08 10:08 AM Response to Reply #78 |
89. Thanks. I'll check Wiki. n/t |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
50. Hey, why not! Neo-cons want to hyper inflate the U.S. dollar and destroy the economy |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 11:55 PM Response to Reply #50 |
67. Inflation is not good for banks at all. They get paid back in cheaper dollars |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 11:06 AM Response to Reply #67 |
81. I think the Big Banks have figured that one out |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 12:02 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. There aren't inflation adjustment mechanisms in loan agreements for the most part. |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 03:17 PM Response to Reply #82 |
88. Government underreporting of the true inflation rate... |
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bluesmail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
55. ...while The Congress is on break |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
56. what will it take to break the back of the electorate's camel? that's A LOT of straw. |
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truth2power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
59. Could someone define "auction" in this context? Thanks. n/t |
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droidamus2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
60. Credit crisis? |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
72. News.......BUSH ANNOUNCES MAJOR CHANGE TO OUR BANKING SYSTEM |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 02:24 AM Response to Reply #72 |
73. Funny how they announce it on a Friday night... |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 01:20 PM Response to Reply #73 |
84. The time on the AP report is 1:17 am!!!!! |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #72 |
85. "new plan would give major new powers to the Federal Reserve" in 22-pg summary |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 01:27 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. link here: "new rules must be approved by Congress"---this is all about regulations |
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olddad56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
79. When a dollar is worth a peso, the US citizens will accept the Amero.. |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
87. BRING IT ON, FED! |
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